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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Oct 28, 2008 - 03:39pm PT
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> just remember you can't get a decent meal in Bishop unless you cook it yourself
If you like Mexican food, Amigos (west side of the main drag, right downtown) is outstanding, imo. They can compete with any Mexican restaurant in SF, and their hot sauce is the best!
Between Bishop and Truckee, I'd choose Bishop without hesitation. Great climbing and skiing.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Oct 29, 2008 - 01:16am PT
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Bishop? I think 1976 (and they were in 1966) when Claude and I went through, backwards. But WTF do I know, as Claude lives in Mammoth and he was always smarter than I am. Go East Side, I suppose.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 29, 2008 - 01:21am PT
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Amigo's tastes good, but they do use Manteca, lard, in the beans, unless that has changed.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 29, 2008 - 05:37am PT
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Then there's the fact that "inyo" is in the middle of your screen name, Will...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Oct 29, 2008 - 01:41pm PT
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How are the elementary schools in Truckee?
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Oct 29, 2008 - 02:53pm PT
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> Amigo's tastes good, but they do use Manteca, lard, in the beans, unless that has changed.
damn....thanks for the heads up, Jaybro. didn't know that. i just called Amigos and they said they aren't very veg. friendly - they do use lard, and chicken broth in their rice.
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Oct 29, 2008 - 03:52pm PT
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O.C. Sounds like you got the standard fare from folks in Truckee. I'm not surprised your shirt got stolen when you left it ungaurded. High cost of living here turns even the best of us into criminals, and because of that all the local climbers are doing hardtime for swiping soft goods. Your'e likely to get shot for stopping at stop signs in town, see, we still believe in that maverick alure of the wild west. Lastly, you big city folk eaten vegetables and using your fancy credit card thingymajiggys think youre so smart. We don't need your kind here. Go back to the OC.
Truckee or Bishop, Hmmm? I now own a house is Bishop and Truckee, and as soon as I can figure out how to stop going to work I'll spread my time between the two best spots in California/ World?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 29, 2008 - 03:58pm PT
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Kunlun, a waiter there told us that after about the third bowl of chips, (beef tallow) but the black beans are safe as I recall.
Not a deal breaker for most, but worth noting.
I like the colburn solution.
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atchafalaya
climber
Babylon
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Oct 29, 2008 - 04:40pm PT
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Colbornd#@&%e, when am I getting a key for the Bishop residence? I wanna see it on our way to Red Rocks next week. Atchafad#@&%e
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Oct 29, 2008 - 08:14pm PT
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Scaredtodeath, The Elementary and Middle schools in town are awesome and have a dedicated and talented teacher pool. I'm not sure of the high school. My wife is a teacher and she amazes me with her skills and devotion she offers her students.
Elcapinyoazz, what a fortunate fellow, to have the choice of either of these communities is quite a blessing. I love living in Truckee and everytime I travel I realize how fortunate I am to call Truckee home.
Atch- I just got the new guide for RR by Jerry Handren, unreal guide. Awesome photos and topos and descriptions.
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Oct 29, 2008 - 08:49pm PT
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why is this still going when inyoazz has made his decision?
Oh, right, burritos....
The idea that Amigo's can compete with a good restaurant in any large city is fall-on-the-floor laughable. Their food is OK, but not high quality by any standard. If salsa is really your thing, you might be happier at Las Palmas (behind the Mountain Light gallery) - their food is not quite as good as Amigo's (although the portions are larger, which is great at the end of a long day in the Sierra) but they do have a salsa bar with a bunch of different options to choose from. Better, stronger margs at Las Palmas as well.
And Jay, if I am not mistaken, Amigo's no longer offer black beans at all, although they do give you the option of "whole beans" instead of refried, and that cuts the lard/indigestion factor way down, at least for me.
My wife eats the veggie burritos from there sometimes, I think she manages to overlook the animal fat that gets loaded in.
Eating out sucks around here, but you can grow amazing tomatoes in summer and tasty lettuce and spinach for most of fall and spring. Make your own food, save money for road trips, make an occasional trip to Mammoth to hit up Skadi or Alpenrose when you have a rich relative in town....
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orange crush
Boulder climber
ca
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Oct 30, 2008 - 05:02am PT
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What makes you think im from orange county? ive never been there in my life.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 30, 2008 - 05:51am PT
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dmalloy - you can grow all that stuff here too, and then some, but it helps to have one of these for tomatoes, peppers, basil, etc.
Who says you can't grow peppers at 6000 feet???
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Oct 30, 2008 - 10:20am PT
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great job there, Willo'...our neighbor just kicked up his cold frame yesterday. Truckee is lovely, if I wasn't living here I would want to live there. But all that snow, so nice to ski over and through, so horrible to shovel or blow...
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Oct 30, 2008 - 10:52am PT
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hey dmalloy, i did have a bit of a reaction to your "fall-on-the-floor laughable" comment about Amigos :) i guess my "good as anyplace in the city" was a bit of an overstatement. must be related to my hunger after coming out from long trips into the Sierra eating what i can pack. that food IS better though than the Mexican food I can find anyplace in the financial district in San Francisco where i work, and if it existed in my neighbourhood i'd probably be a regular.
that said...having a garden and growing your own vegetables sounds like the way to go. i've been quite amazed at the price of fresh produce in Bishop. not cheap!
i love the hotsprings on the eastside too, especially the easy access pools under the powerlines 30 miles south of Bishop (can't remember the name). very handy for a quick soak after time in the mtns.
Willoughby, the peppers and tomatoes from your greenhouse look fantastic. reminds me of Rocky Mtn. Institute's greenhouse in Snowmass, CO. where they even grow bananas at 8,000. on their 27th crop now apparently.
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Scott Wayland
climber
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Oct 30, 2008 - 10:53am PT
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I can't speak for Truckee, but a significant problem with Bishop is real estate--there ain't much. Anything nice is going to be very, very expensive. What makes the area so sweet--tons of BLM, National Forest, and LA Water and Power land--make for perhaps the most limited real estate market in California. I work for the Kern Community College district and hoped to one day transfer to the Bishop campus of Cerro Coso College, but I don't see it happening. There's just about zero growth, so employment doesn't change much. I live about three hours south of Bishop and love to visit, but I probably won't be moving.
Although it's a few miles from town, my favorite community in the Bishop area is Starlight--wow, Buttermilk country out your back door. Amazing.
You are blessed to be able to even consider these choices! Enjoy and bask in the collective glow of our envy.
Scott
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CAMNOTCLIMB
Trad climber
novato ca
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Oct 30, 2008 - 02:12pm PT
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both
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Spencer Adkisson
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Oct 30, 2008 - 02:50pm PT
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Kulun,
Hate to be the one to tell you, but many of the hot springs on the Eastside are closed down due to Geothermal heat fluctuations. About two months ago I went on a hot spring seek and destroy mission to soak some very weary bones, and three out of the four we visited were totally bone dry.
Lesson learned---get current local beta before assuming that the tubs are full and flowing.
Some interesting information to be found here about Hot Creek if you copy and paste the URL: www.visitmammoth.com/docs/USGS/Hot%20Creek%20Update.pdf
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 30, 2008 - 03:16pm PT
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"My wife eats the veggie burritos from there sometimes, I think she manages to overlook the animal fat that gets loaded in."
-That would be convenient. Since I haven't eaten a mammal since '82, any time I inadvertently
consume lard, or small bits of minced flesh, etc, the almost immediate change in my Stool Pattern™ is a dead give away.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 30, 2008 - 03:19pm PT
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"the almost immediate change in my Stool pattern is a dead give away."
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